.doc to html and pdf conversion with python

[Alexander Klingenstein]

I need to take a bunch of .doc files (word 2000) which have a little text including some tables/layout and mostly pictures and comvert them to a pdf and extract the text and images separately too. If I have a pdf, I can do create the html with pdftohtml called from python with popen. However I need an automated way to converst the .doc to PDF first.

Is there a way to do what I want either with a python lib, 3rd party app, or maybe remote controlling Word (a la VBA) by "printing" to PDF with a distiller?
I already tried wvware from gwnuwin32, however it has problems with big image files embedded in .doc file(looks like a mmap error).

Alex

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[Luap777]

Alexander Klingenstein wrote:

I need to take a bunch of .doc files (word 2000) which have a little textincluding some tables/layout and mostly pictures and comvert them to a pdfand extract the text and images separately too. If I have a pdf, I can do create the html with pdftohtml called from python with popen. However Ineed an automated way to converst the .doc to PDF first.

Is there some reason you really want to convert to PDF first? You can
get much better HTML right from the Word doc. You'll lose a lot of info
going from PDF to HTML.

Something like this can open doc in Word, save as HTML, then close doc.

import os, win32com.client

wdApp = win32com.client.Dispatch("Word.Application")
wdApp.Visible = 1

def SaveDocAsHTML(docPath, htmlPath):
doc = wdApp.Documents.Open(docPath)
# See
mk:@MSITStore:C:\Program%20Files\Microsoft%20Offic e\OFFICE11\1033\VBAWD10.CHM::/html/womthSaveAs1.htm
# in Word VBA help doc for more info.

# Saves all text and formatting with HTML tags so that the
resulting document can be viewed in a Web browser.
doc.SaveAs(htmlPath, win32com.client.constants.wdFormatHTML)
# Saves text with HTML tags with minimal cascading style sheet
formatting. The resulting document can be viewed in a Web browser.
#doc.SaveAs(htmlPath,
win32com.client.constants.wdFormatFilteredHTML)
doc.Close()

And if you aren't satisfied with the ugly HTML you're likely to get,
you can try running µTidylib (http://utidylib.berlios.de/) on the
output after this step also.

Thank you,
Paul

[Eric_Dexter]

google won't do a good job with .doc files but they may do pdf to html
and back.. It's per each I just mentioned it to make fun of them here
is my resume converted from a monster.com .doc file

http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dftrj73t_3cfwjdv
Lu*****@gmail.com wrote:

Alexander Klingenstein wrote:

I need to take a bunch of .doc files (word 2000) which have a little text including some tables/layout and mostly pictures and comvert them to a pdf and extract the text and images separately too. If I have a pdf, I cando create the html with pdftohtml called from python with popen. HoweverI need an automated way to converst the .doc to PDF first.

Is there some reason you really want to convert to PDF first? You can
get much better HTML right from the Word doc. You'll lose a lot of info
going from PDF to HTML.

Something like this can open doc in Word, save as HTML, then close doc.

import os, win32com.client

wdApp = win32com.client.Dispatch("Word.Application")
wdApp.Visible = 1

def SaveDocAsHTML(docPath, htmlPath):
doc = wdApp.Documents.Open(docPath)
# See
mk:@MSITStore:C:\Program%20Files\Microsoft%20Offic e\OFFICE11\1033\VBAWD10..CHM::/html/womthSaveAs1.htm
# in Word VBA help doc for more info.

# Saves all text and formatting with HTML tags so that the
resulting document can be viewed in a Web browser.
doc.SaveAs(htmlPath, win32com.client.constants.wdFormatHTML)
# Saves text with HTML tags with minimal cascading style sheet
formatting. The resulting document can be viewed in a Web browser.
#doc.SaveAs(htmlPath,
win32com.client.constants.wdFormatFilteredHTML)
doc.Close()

And if you aren't satisfied with the ugly HTML you're likely to get,
you can try running µTidylib (http://utidylib.berlios.de/) on the
output after this step also.

Thank you,
Paul